Horbury St Quotes & Sayings

When young, one learns his craftsmanship, may become a young master, and it is youth that is most auspicious for developing certain skills. — Robert Schumann

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee. — Michel De Montaigne

I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind of job you could possibly imagine as a young kid. — Howard Schultz

In a pre-scientific society the best the common man can do is pin his faith on a leader and give him his support, trusting in his benevolence against the misuse of the delegated power and in his wisdom to govern justly and make war successfully. — B.F. Skinner

The worst speculative Sceptic ever I knew, was a much better Man than the best superstitious Devotee & Bigot."
"I must inform you, too, that this was the way of thinking of the Antients on this Subject. If a Man made Proffession of Philosophy, whatever his Sect was, they alaways expected to find more Regulaity in his Life and Manners, than in those of ignorant & illiterate. — David Hume

Life may not have dealt you a great set of cards... but who says the one with better cards will win? — Manoj Vaz

I definitely get a little antsy when I haven't had a good fix! — Sara Bareilles

Urban reinvention is what has been called the "consumer city." The post-World War II years brought about the rise of suburbanization and the creation of the commuter city. People chose suburban life for its amenities and comforts and commuted into the city only for work and the occasional show. But Vancouver and Los Angeles are two urban areas that reversed the trend. They became consumer cities marked by a new phenomenon - the reverse commuter. Increasingly, these and other cities offer residents a quality of life they could not find elsewhere in the region - a dizzying variety of artistic, educational, cultural, and entertainment events and — Timothy Keller

Though your dream may be birth by you, it has eternal potential to impact lives and generations even after you. — Bidemi Mark-Mordi

I daresay one good concert justifies a week of satisfaction at home. — Robert Plant

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality. — Virginia Woolf

If we were created from the very fiber of our birth parents' physical and emotional beings, don't you think our need to think about them would be innate? If we had primal conversations with our mother in the womb, wouldn't you say it is natural for us to think about her as we are growing up and growing old? And if our birth father's DNA helped determine the color of our hair and eyes, wouldn't you say that he is just as much a part of us as our mother and it is normal to want a relationship with him? Wherever we are in the spectrum of perceptions about our birth parents, we must rest assured that our thoughts are normal and healthy. They are part of the fiber of our being. Part of the package of being adopted. It is all about our identity ... our dual identity. — Sherrie Eldridge